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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
Curious Origin Of DakOta's Name.

The territory of Dakota, is, in many
respects, the most interesting grand
division of our country's domain. For
few years it has occupied moro alton e
ton than any other. No state or terri
tory, certainly, has ever risen to such
rapid and surprising Importance.
The origin of its name has been the
subject of some dispute; but the best
Indian authority dwcler for forty
years among the Sioux Indians, makes
the word an Authorization of Pa.ha,
Sofa, which means "many heads, OF
plenty" The attix "Sota" always means
"plcnty" in the Sioux language. In the
word Minnesota, it means plenty of
water, the appropriateness of which
designation is made manifest when you
consider that the state bearing that
name is only two-thirds land, the re-
naming onc-third being water What
the many heads were that gave to Da-
kota its title do not pretend to say
from actual knowledge, but I suppose
they were the heads of buffaoes. Moth.
ing could be dearer to the Indian than
this game, and here they abounded.
Their "countless trails and wallows are
still to be found on every hand
not to speak of the elk, deer and ante.
LOPEZ" specimens of which have survived
the buffalo's practical extinction in the
territory. Cosmopolitan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
Wood Ashes.

Dry, clean wood ashes are worth more
than % cents bushcl to any farmer
who wants manure. You can scarcely
use them on any crop without very sen
sible results. A handful thrown around
the corn plants at the first hocing will
greatly increase their growth and give
them highly dark green color; scat
tered in the hill before the potato is COW
cred, or about the hill just before hoe
ing, will have similar results; sown
broadcast on the moving fields at the
rate of as small an amount as five bush
els to the acre will greatly increase the
growth and color of the crop. Besides
this, their beneficial results will continue
for several years in succession. Strewcd
over young cabbag, plants, squashes,
melons, or any of the garden vegetables,
such as tomatoes, beets, onions, turnips,
or carrots, wood ashes not only tend to
disturb the insects that invest the plants,
but have decided influence on their
growth and quality. All the ashes made
on the farm should be collected with
care, kept dry and applied to the crops.
Nothing could be better for the young
orchard. Spreading ashes broadcast
over the surface would be more useful
than any other kind of manure. The
roots will find it if spread. 1t is better
to use moderate quantity annually than
TO apply a large amount at one time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16

Men who write books about slang
might fluid material in some restaurants.
In Kansas City thee is an abundance oil
it. Only in one place in st. Louis or
Morgan street--can you hear downright
slang in the giving of the orders, and
curious it is. If you tell the waiter you
want an oyster stew, he shouts out tc
the kitchen. Jesse Jamesm A beef
steak becomes slaughter in pan,
plain, black coffee is coffee in the
dark" potatoes uupecled are "AIurphy
with his coat on;' two eggs fried on one
side are transformed into "sunny side
up;" buckwheat cakes arc spoken Of in
gambler fashion as "stack of reds with
copper on top" and batter cakes as stack
of whites. list. Louis Globe Democrat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
"Suye That Hog"

An old sailor recently spun yarn to
the Martha's Vineyard Herald, in which
he said; "a spanking breeze was driv-
ing the ship, everything drawing allow
and aloft, when the cry, Man over
board startled the ships company.
The captain came on deck, and, looking
over the taffrail at the rapidly rcceding
object and observing the good speed the
ship was making, said, Poor fellow.
God help him; Pm sorry for him, but
we must take advantage of this breeze
IN the interest of the owners Just then
q sailor who had been on the lookout
ran aft and said, Captain, it was not a
man, but a hog Aha, said the cap
tain, hard a-port, back the main yard,
clear away the boat, and save that
Aoo ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
The Carney Blue Catfish.

All my life have taken great delight
In fishing, and have had the pleasure Of
landing many of the game fishes of our
waters. Among those which have fur
nished the most sport is tho blue or chan
mel cat. OF all the fish that l ever hooked
it makes the hardest fight for its life.
1t differs from bass in that they, when
struck, leap out of the water and rush
through it with their mouths open, thus
making it much easier to conquer and
land them; while the catfish takes the
hook in its mouth and starts for the bot.
tom of the stream or lake with vim
that will test the tackle of the best ex-
pert. have had more real sport with
it than with any other fish | ever tackled.
1t is full of fight from the strike to the
landing net, and requires longer to bring
it to hand than any other of its weight.
= Forest and Stream.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
NInrI mn m EertiIlzer.

Though mari may not BIO as valuable
in some respects as tho concentrated fer
tilzcrs yet its low cost should place it
within the use of every farmer who can
procure it. It is composed largely of
lime, potash, phosphoric acid and other
salts but as the materials arc not in
soluble form, the effect of mari on some
crops is not immediate. 1t can be put
to excellent service, however, as an alb
sorbent of liquids, and as it is always in
fine condition it can be conveniently
applied to all crops. Even If purchased
for its lime alone it is n cheap material,
and as the limo is in combined cond-
ton it docs not injure manure when the
mari is used in tho compost heap. If
mixed with manure, tho decomposition
Of the latter renders the ingredients OF
the mari soluble, and mutual benefit is
received by both substances. If kainit
be also added there will be no loss of
volatile matter in any form, as the kainit,
being sulphatc, is easily dccomposcd
by tho rotting of the manure, the potash
uniting with the carbolic acid generated,
while sulphatc of ammonia is found in
the heap. If soapsuds be used to keep
the compost damp the fat acids formed
will also assist in preventing loss and
the heap will be composed of nearly all
the elements Of plant food.
Mari may also be used separately. For
potatoes, broadcast manure over tho
ground and plow it under. Mark out
the rows three feet apart and scatter
mari along the row. Cut the potatoes
to two eyes, drop the pieces fourteen
inches apart, and use 300 pound bag of
supcr-phosphate in the rows for two
acres, in order to give the plants an early
start, and the mari and manure will sup
ply food later during growth. Ridge
the potatoes, and when well up harrow
the rows level, and if the crop be then
well worked the yield will DO highly
satisfactory.
For corn a shovelful OF mari to every
four hills at time of planting is excel
lent. 1t is claimed by those who have
used mari on corn that it absorbs
moisture, and in that respect assists in
keeping the crop in green, healthy con-
dition. With good cultivation the mari
will prove very beneficial, but it would
be well to use some kind OF artificial
fertilizer in the beginning. Grass for
permanent pasture is largely benefited
by mari, and on the light, sandy soils of
New Jersey, where it is difficult to grow
hay, mari has enabled some farmers to
secure annual crops of grass, while for
fruit trees and vines it is also largely
used with profit.
Mari is not as immediate in its action
as the soluble fertilizers, but it becomes
plant food slowly, and is sure to benefit
the land sooner or later. While it is
not claimed that mari is equal to artifi-
cial fertilizers, yet, if the cost be taken
into consideration, it is perhaps the
cheapest fertilizer that can be applied.
: Philadelphia R?corl.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
Great Possibilities in Photography.

1t seems that there is no end to the
possibilities of instantaneous pho
Biography. The artists in this line have
already photographed trains going a
mile minute, horses trotting 2,2s
gait, base balls in mid air, and other
flying things. Why should they not
give us photographs Of birds in flight,
thereby aiding aerial cxpcrimcntcrs in
constructing air ships modelled upon the
flying mechanism of the airs inhabitantsl
Perhaps they will also show us mega
tives of bullets and cannon balls in
flight, and, TO return to base ball, Of
great pitchers puzzling curves. Dia-
grams of some of these curves would be
worth looking at. This reminds mo
that Douglass, the Photographic supply
man has constructed an eccentric lamp,
having its own reservoir of electric cncr-
gy, by which instantaneous photographs
OF all sorts of things and places may be
taken after night. 1t Is his idea that
detectives and the police would find
such an instrument of service in preserv.
ing likeness Of the scenes of night
crimes and such things, and has askel
Police Photograph r Evans and Dctec,
tive Shea to give the apparatus trial.
Orr, the country genius, has made sew
eral very good street scenes by moon
light. The time of exposure was 81
minutes. III Chicago Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.


Everybody admits that clovcris the
best kind of hay for cows, but it is com.
monty objected to as food for horses,
especially those inclined to hcavcs. II
is often dusty because it is apt to be in
jurcd in curing. Another objection is
that horses like clover hay so well, and
cat so grccdily of it, that their stomachs
arc overloaded. Injury from hard drlv-
ing under such circumstances is inevita-
bic. But if cover hay is cut or wet,
then mixed with little meal, it is prob
ably the most economical feed for any
horse, and will do no injury to any, how
ever broken windcd. Glover hay is cx-
trcmoly nutritious, and only small
quantity per day will be needed
when fed with grain.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16

Where number of varieties of pota-
toes arc grown on the same farm, it re-
qulrcs great care, tho Cultivator says, to
prevent mixing the seed. Ono or two
potatoes of similar appearance trans.
icrrcd from one bin to another will work
great mischief. The miscellaneous or
spcckIci appearance of q load when
composed of several varieties is greatly
against it in market. Potatoes of differ
cnt varieties will not cook evenly. If
they arc similar in appearance the evil is
worse, as it is impossible to assert them.
Nearly all the Early Rose varieties found
in market arc mixed with Late Rose, n
coarse watery potato of poor flavor and
inclined TO rot. These potatoes do not
get mixed after planting, The evil is in
the seed, and only careful selection TO
get that undoubtedly pure will cure it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
IfeCtpcs,

HoNuNY.--Cut cold hominy or hasty
pudding into thin slices, dip each piece
into well-bcatcn egg and fry on grid
die.
POTATO NOODLES. Crate one dozen
of boiled potatoes, add two eggs, lit
tie salt, half cupful of milk, enough flour
to knccd stff then cut in small pieces
and roll long and round, one inch thick,
fry in plenty of lard to nice brown.
ITALIAN RICE PUDDING. "A teacupful
OF rice, the yclks of four eggs, the
whites of three beaten separately, two
ounces pounded sugar, two ounces
raisins, onc-quartcr pound suct, chopped
very fine; ilavoring of ratatia or vanilla;
put these ingredients into mold and
boil an hour and a half. Serve with
brandy or sweet sauce.
ONION SAUCE Boil some onions in
milk with pepper, salt and nutmeg.
When quite done pass them through a
sieve. Put some butter and flour into n
saucepan, when the butter is melted and
well mixed with the flour put in the
pulp Of the onions, and add either milk
or cream, stirring the sauce on the fire
until it is OF the desired consistency.
BUTTERED PARsNIPs. Wash and boil
in cold sailed water from three quarters
to an hour. Skin and cut into round,
thick slices. Have ready in saucepan
tablespoonful of butter and one tea
spoonful of flour, previously rubbed
together, and two tablespoonful OF
milk. When it boils up, out in the
parsnips and shake over the FIRE until
smoking hot. Serve hot in covered
dish.
BOILED EGGS. Have ready kettle Of
boiling water. Wash and put each egg
into the water with tablespoon so as
not to crack the shell. Be sure that the
water more than covers the eggs and is
not boiling too violently. Boil for three
minutes if you like them soft; twelve if
hard. Another way of boiling eggs soft
is to put them in an egg-dish or deep
covered bowl. Pour over them water
which you are sure is boiling mot simply
hoD, to take the chill Off Drain off this,
and cover second time with boiling
water. Cover tight; set on the break
fast table and leave in the water about
ton nninntna
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
DENTISTRY.
A Dentist Talks About Teeth
and Their Owners,
A Profession Which Has Undergone Many
Changes in Late Years.

'Pulling teeth is not easy work, as
sure you," said prominent New York
dentist to Mail and Express reporter.
TO pull number of teeth one alter
another requires muscle and considerable
endurance. A dentist who pulls many
molars has strong, muscular wrists, and
can make things petty warm for an an
tagonist in boxing match. When
began studying for the profession I was
weak and slender My friends told me
| never could do hard dental work. So
went to q gymnasium and underwent a
regular athletic course, The dentist Of
today is not required to pull teeth so
frequently as the men of the old school.
1t used to be the main object Of dentist
to destroy bad teeth. The main object
now is to preserve them. Many of our
most prominent dentists decline to pull
teeth. They send their patients to some
place where extraction by laughing gas
is made business. l have not
pulled tooth for several years.
Blu in my younger days extracting
was the rule AID filling the exception.
My first Office was in Southern
town, before the war. There were plan
tations for miles around. At certain
seasons of the year the owner of the
plantation had dentist come out and
examine the jaws Of all the family and
then of the slaves AID their families. 1t
took whole day often to treat one OF
these plantations. rccollcct one plan
tation that l reached before breakfast.
The owner, who was very wealthy, in
vitcd me to breakfast with him. |
arrived at s o'clock and breakfast was
not served until 10. So / began my
work at once and before breakfast OK.
tractcd just gig teeth. 1t was the hard
est mornings job ever attempted, and
my appetite was something enormous
when l finally sat down at the table.
dentistry, like every profession, is
constantly changing and we think is
constantly improving. We have means
by which teeth can be filled and even
nerves killed without the patient feeling
the least bit of pain. A little cocaine
on cotton, inserted in the tooth and ap-
piled on the outside dcadcns all pain.
The tooth can be filled and drilled with
out the least annoyance or inconvenience
to the patient. We have ascertaincd
that teeth can be transmitted by physi-
clans. | mean that q tooth from one
person can be extracted and fastened in
another persons gums, so that it will
grow fast and be as sound and useful as
q native molar. OF course it is not q
process that is particularly enjoyed by
the person securing the tooth. The
previous character and history of the
tooth is so uncertain that the mind is
apt to dwell rather painfully on the sub
jcct. 1t is not a matter of Renaissance"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16

Perhaps the most popular of all house,
plants is the ivy, and its popularity is
we'll deserved. We have nothing else
that will flourish so well in dry at
mosphcrc, and among dust and the de.
leterious effects of gas from lights and
coal stoves. 1t seems to adapt itself to
its surroundings and circumstances, and
to "look at the best side of everything"
thereby proving itself to be a philoso-
phcr among plants. 1t will grow in
shady locations, seeming to care nothing
for sunshine, and OH this account it can
be trained about pictures and along the
ceiling, and it always has such a cheer
full look about it that it soon comes to
be regarded as friend and one of the
family, 1t ought not TO be fastened to
the wall, but be suspended in such a
way that it can easily be taken down
occasionally for a washing. Dust should
never be allowed to accumulate on its
leaves to hide their beauty. The only
insect that troubles the ivy is the scale.
When this appears, every leaf and the
entire branches should be washed in
soap-suds, using tooth brush to loosen
the insects hold on them After giving
it thorough cleaning, syringe we'll
with clear water. Give this attention
twice year, and your ivy will not be
likely to become badly infested with this
enemy of most firm, smooth-l eaved
plants. The best soil for ivics is ordi-
nary garden loan and sand, with which q
liberal supply of bone-meal is mixed.
This fertilizer seems to meet their wants
better than anything else. 1t makes
them grow rapidly, and their foliage
becomes large and healthy in color and
texture. Most persons "fuss" with
their ivics, and complain that they can
not make them grow. Give them bone.
meal for food and let them alone, save
Tor the washing, and you will have nc
reason to complain, / American Agri'
sulturi,h
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16

j. P. Little Of Amcsbury received the
first premium on fat cattle at the last
show of the Essex Agricultural Society
for pair of Devon oxen, six years old,
which weighed 1850 pounds. lie also
received second premium on a pair of
lIcrcfords, five years old, which weighed
1850 pounds. According to Mr.. Lttlc's
statement, the Devon cattle at fair time
had been owned by him fifteen months.
For the first four months the Dcvons did
all the OK work on the farm, they did
considerable outside teaming, drawing
wood, salt hay, manure from the village,
etc. During the month previous to the
fair they worked, retaining meadow,
pulling trees blowing, etc. Since Mr..
Little owned them they have not been to
pasture. He began in the early autumn
of 1885 to feed on fodder corn; fed with
that nearly all the time, with very little
hay all winter. Then began feeding
with different kinds Of hay, with two
quarts of meal per day each, until the
irst of March, when he commenced feed
ing four quarts per day until fair time.
He gave them clear cornmcal dry twice
day, two quarts at night and two
quarts in the morning. They have al
ways had the best care. They were
partly fed with green fodder corn during
the fall, the same as the previous year.
Mr.. Little thinks that feeding different
kinds of hay is better than to confinc
cattle to one kind of hay. The cattle
consume some salt hay every day with al
evident relish. - Boston Cutivator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
Mhern Hats Arc Made.

A remarkable feature Of tho hating
business is that it is rapidly scattering
over different parts of the country.
Three years ago there were but II places
where fur hats were made. In addition
to these we now have Yonkers, Mat
teawan, Newburg, Fall River, Haver-
hill, Bridgeport, and n shop in South
Jersey, - well as ops In st. Louis No.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16

"Why do we prefer the poets OF the
past to those of the PRESENT." asked the
teacher. Because" replied the smart
bad boy, "the poets of the past are
dead" "And thereforcf" suggested the
teacher ''Thcy cannot write any
poetry" continued the smart bad boy.
Neither do the poets of to-day" re-
piled the teacher kindly, $50 you a.e
away off your base. Go down foot"
And the astoniShed boy began to wonder
if the teacher wasn't getting little bad
herself. 1t turaed out, however, that a
magazine had just returned her verses
and published some of Whitter's. Il Bur-
aetse,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16

Mrs Lydia L. Tinkham, Lynn, Mass:
About the first Ct September, 1881, my wife
was taken with uterine hemorrhage The best
siyptlcs the physician could prescribe did II
heck it and she got more and more enfeebled.
She was troubled with Prolapsus Uteri, Leu
corrhua, numbness of the limbs, sickness of
The stomach and loss ofappctite. purchased
q trial bottle of your Vegetable Compound.
She said she could discover n Sdlutdry effect
from the first dose Now she is comparative
ly free from Prolapsus, stomachs sickness,
&c. The hemonhage is very much better
and less at the regular periods lIcr appetite
is restored, and her general health aud
strength are much improved. We feel that
we have been wonderfully benefited and our
hearts are drawn out in gratitude for the
same and in sympathy for other sufferers, for
whose sakes we allow our names to be used. "
c. w. EATON, 1hurston, ".
The Compound is put mp in Pill, Lozenge
and Liquid form. All sold by druggists The
Pills and Lozenses sent by mail on receipto Of
rIicc
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
Diseases Among Wild Animals,

Elephants are heir to many diseases,
but the most common and fatal is rheu-
matism. Monkeys and balloons gener-
ally die from bronchial affections and
heart disease; felines, such as lions,
tigers, leopards, etc., from dysentery
and heart disease; deer, antelope, ETC.,
suffer most from dyscntry, 1t is UNI
safe to keep more than pair of wolves
together, otherwise they would cat each
toher. i Boston Herald,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
An Astronomical Puzzle,

The curious "canals" on the surface
of Mars are like nothing else known, and
still remain unexplained. They arc
seen ms nearly straight lines, and appear
like cuttings, with parallel sides, OK
tending from sea to sea across the plan.
cts continents. They are about fifteen
miles wide. They were discovered q
few years ago by schiararelli, an Italian
astronomer, aud their existence has
since been confirmed by several other
observers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Simncring,

Simmering really is not near to boil
ing point, but simply hot enough to CO
agulatc the abumcn and soften thu
tibrin. When VIC say "boilcd" leg o
mutton, or 'boilcd" beef, VIC mean ont
that has been cooked, not boiled. Wher
it is once fairly understood that meal
should not be boiled, but merely cooked
by immersion in water raised to the
maximum temperature of 1870 degrees,
and if it can DC further understood fha'
water cannot (undcr ordinary a'mos-
pheric prcssurc) be raised to u highef
temperature than 219 degrees no matter
how violent the boiling, our meat VIII
then be served tender and our potatoes
not cooked to pieces. In all ordinary
cookery simmcrng at $50 degrees is more
effective than violent boiling at 2l2
degrees. The heat that is applied TO do
more than the smallest degree of simmer.
ing is simply wasted in converting water
into useless steam. We have often been
amused at the ignorance of many persons
in regard to this subject.
For instance, if stcwcd chicken is
ordered and happens to be late, it is cut
apart MS quickly as possible, thrown into
boiling water and boiled at a gallop for
an hour then served with an apology
that it came SO late that there was no
time to cook it tender; when that same
chicken, iTthrown into boiling water
and then pushed back where it could not
possibly boil, would have been tender,
more juicy and highly favored in less
than an hour. We therefore see that it
is never necessary to boil meats to make
them tender, but they must be thrown
into boiling water to coagulatc the albu.
men on the surface and retain their
juices. 1t is difficult to persuade cooks
of thistruth, but it is OF great importance
that no trouble should be spared in try
ing to remove their prciudices. - Table
Talk.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-16
Well Prennrel,

Sympathetic clergyman to widowed
purishioner-Was poor Brother Salton-
stall prepared to go9
Consolcd widow-Yes indeed. HI
was insured in half dozen companies,
-niLowsll Courier,